Coordinates: 39°11′37.38″N 96°34′37.09″W / 39.1937167°N 96.5769694°W / 39.1937167; -96.5769694
| Ford Hall | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Residence Hall |
| Architectural style | Standard white brick |
| Address | Manhattan Ave. and Old Claflin Rd. Kansas State University |
| Town or city | Manhattan, Kansas |
| Country | United States |
| Current tenants | 448 students |
| Completed | 1966 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 9 |
| Website | |
| www.k-state.edu | |
Ford Hall is an all-female residence hall at Kansas State University and is named for Kenney L. Ford who was Secretary of the Kansas State Alumni Association from 1928-1961. It is located on the South East corner of the Derby Complex at Kansas State's Manhattan, Kansas campus south of Haymaker Hall and east of West Hall on Manhattan Avenue and Old Claflin Road. It has a residence of approximately 450 students, and all rooms are suites. After the end of the Spring semester, all students move out and some return to live there another year, while others move on to live off-campus or at fraternities and sororities.
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“I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.”
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A fist of trees, and the whole country tremble
In the exultant labor of his rise;”
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—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)